... and anatomy is one of the fundamental bases of medical training, the Body Donation to Education is a vital contribution to the consolidation and advancement of the life and health sciences.
The dissection of cadavers and their use for teaching purposes plays an essential and irreplaceable role in the teaching and learning of health sciences, enabling knowledge of the human body and enabling doctors to care for the living.
The publication of legislation to regulate the use of corpses (Decree-Law no. 274/99, of July 22) was done while preserving the dignity of the human person, exalting the philanthropic sentiment that this gift reflects. While scrupulously safeguarding the feelings of veneration, civic and religious respect due to each individual, it uncompromisingly guarantees any deviation from its essential purpose.